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Diascordiiim. and where useful. 



T[f the spirit be good, it will be found excellent 

 in removing pains in the joints, and other parts, 

 which may be seen in a great number of the re- 

 cipes in this book. 



COMPOUND POWDER OF CHALK (COMMONLY CALLED 

 DIASCORDIUM.) 



Take — Prepared chalk, half a pound ; 



Cinnamon, four ounces; 



Tormentil, gum arable, of each three ounces ; 



Long pepper, half an ounce; 



Hard opium, two drachms ; 



Lei each article be powdered separately, and 

 sifted through a fine sieve ; then mix them 

 well together, and keep them in a bottle for 

 use. 



These powders, being composed of afomatica, 

 and the prepared carbonate of lime (formerly 

 known by the name of prepared chalk), are a 

 most excellent medicine for correcting acidity in 

 the stomach and intestines.- Horses that are over 

 purged with strong drastic purges, will find al- 

 most instant relief with these powders ; and like- 

 wise, in most cases, where a diarrhoea, or loose- 

 ness, proceeds from the above-mentioned cause, 



